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• Cambridge English Teacher Development Tracker | stopnthinkELT

  This post introduces "a development framework which divides teaching competency into 5 categories, across 4 stages of development" (What is it? ¶1).

  tags: assessment Cambridge English English teaching learning rubrics teacher development websites

• A Guide to Doing Statistics in Second Language Research Using SPSS - R

  Larson-Hall, J. (2010). A guide to doing statistics in second language research using R. - a companion to Larson-Hall's book on SPSS

  tags: guides research second language acquisition SPSS statistics

• The Trouble with Standardized Testing | Creative by Nature

  "Washback becomes negative when learners spend so much time preparing for exams that they do not develop the actual skills and abilities those tests are meant to measure, thereby calling into question the very validity (and wisdom) of the tests themselves."

  tags: abilities countries definitions education English skills testing washback

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